local filesystem images not rendered by Image component in RN 79-rc.3

[vonovak]

Description

Using the Image component to render an image from the file system doesn't work in RN 0.79-rc.3 on iOS.

Steps to reproduce

• clone the repo
• install pods
• build for iOS
• launch the app and press "take the snapshot"

The reproducer uses as external library react-native-view-shot only to create a file on the filesystem.

I verified that 0.78.1 works okay

(the image (1) is present on the file system and as a valid image (see screenshot below) (2) is not rendered even when file:// scheme is used in the image uri (3) using expo-image renders the image just fine)

React Native Version

0.79.0-rc.3

Affected Platforms

Runtime - iOS

Output of npx @react-native-community/cli info

System:
  OS: macOS 15.3.2
  CPU: (10) arm64 Apple M1 Max
  Memory: 492.77 MB / 64.00 GB
  Shell:
    version: 5.2.15
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/bash
Binaries:
  Node:
    version: 22.14.0
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/node
  Yarn:
    version: 1.22.22
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/yarn
  npm:
    version: 10.9.2
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/npm
  Watchman:
    version: 2024.10.21.00
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
Managers:
  CocoaPods:
    version: 1.16.2
    path: /opt/homebrew/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/bin/pod
SDKs:
  iOS SDK:
    Platforms:
      - DriverKit 24.2
      - iOS 18.2
      - macOS 15.2
      - tvOS 18.2
      - visionOS 2.2
      - watchOS 11.2
  Android SDK:
    API Levels:
      - "33"
      - "34"
      - "35"
    Build Tools:
      - 26.0.3
      - 30.0.2
      - 30.0.3
      - 33.0.0
      - 33.0.1
      - 34.0.0
      - 35.0.0
    System Images:
      - android-33 | Google APIs Intel x86_64 Atom
      - android-33 | Google Play ARM 64 v8a
      - android-34 | Google APIs ARM 64 v8a
      - android-34 | Google Play ARM 64 v8a
    Android NDK: Not Found
IDEs:
  Android Studio: 2024.3 AI-243.22562.218.2431.13114758
  Xcode:
    version: 16.2/16C5032a
    path: /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
  Java:
    version: 17.0.14
    path: /usr/bin/javac
  Ruby:
    version: 3.3.6
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/ruby
npmPackages:
  "@react-native-community/cli":
    installed: 18.0.0
    wanted: 18.0.0
  react:
    installed: 19.0.0
    wanted: 19.0.0
  react-native:
    installed: 0.79.0-rc.3
    wanted: 0.79.0-rc.3
  react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
  "*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
  hermesEnabled: true
  newArchEnabled: true
iOS:
  hermesEnabled: true
  newArchEnabled: true

Stacktrace or Logs

there is a warning logged:


Task orphaned for request <NSMutableURLRequest: 0x60000034a260> { URL: file:///Users/vojta/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/BCB75705-6FFF-4C7F-B892-42311B473E79/data/Containers/Data/Application/406612FC-F7E9-477E-87EC-FB7223FE483F/tmp/ReactNative/69B6289A-5830-4408-B38D-EC3A6CA7A735.png }

Reproducer

https://github.com/vonovak/rn-79-image-bug

Screenshots and Videos

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